Sand or lawn chair.



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SAND 0R LAWN CHAIR.

APPLICATON FILED MAY 20, I9I4 I v 1,162,540. Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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SAND OR LAWN CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented NOV. 30 19115.

Application filed May 20, 1914. Serial No. 839,816.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EGBERT D. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sand or LawnChairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sand or lawn chairs, the object of theinvention being to provide a chair which will allow the occupant thereofto sit or recline with comfort upon a sand beach or lawn, and which willgive proper support to the back of the occupant.

A further object of the invention is to provide a chair of thischaracter having a shade canopy which may be employed or not asdesired.-

A still further object of the invention is hich allows the seat and backto be ad usted to different angles as desired, and which may be foldedin compact form for storage or transportation.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts herein fully described and claimed, reference beinghad to the accompanying 80 drawings in which v Figure 1 is a perspectiveview showing the chair set up and the canopy arranged for use. Fig. 2 isa similar viewshowing the device as arranged when the canopy is not in85 use. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through the chair asshown in Fig. 1 with the canopy and canopy frame shown in dotted linesas arranged in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of the device folded fortransportation.

Fig. 5 is a detail section showing a feature of construction. Fig. 6 isa detail section showing another feature of construction.

The chair comprises a main or upright frame composed of a pair of sidestandards 1 connected at their upper ends by a cross bar or rung 2 andadjacent to their lower ends by a cross bar or rung 3. To this mainframe is pivoted a rear or brace frame consisting of a pair of bars 4,hinged or pivoted at their upper ends to the extended ends 5 of thecross rod 2, and connected adjacent their lower ends by'a cross bar orrod 6. The lower ends of the standards 1 and bars 4 project to asuflicient degree below'the cross ieces 3 and 6 to respectively provideshort 'egs 7 and 8 which are adapted to pene- Ep provide a chair of thecharacter described united at their outer ends by a cross bar or rod 10and pivotally connected at their inner ends to the cross rod 3 inside ofthe stand-- ards 1. Extending continuously between the cross pieces 2and 10is a strip 11 of canvas, ducking or other suitable material, saidstrip being of a width somewhat less than the distance bet-ween theframe bars and being doubled upon itself and stitched intermediate ofits length to provide a hem 12 which-engages the cross piece 3, wherebysaid canvas strip is secured at the points of junction of the main andseat frames, the extremities of said strip being tacked or otherwisesuitably fastened to the cross pieces 2 and 10. By this construction theportions of the canvas are divided into a backing section 13 and a seatsection 14 which extend respectively along the main and seat frames andare sufliciently full and flexible to sag to a certain extent to give acushioning support. In practice, the device may be employed with equalcomfort and efficiency as a lawn chair or sand chair, for use atbeaches, etc. In the use of the device for either purpose, the main andbrace frames 1 and 4 are disposed in an erect position, the seat frame 9let down to a substantially horizontal position and the brace frame 4disposed to arrange the frame at the angle of inclination desired togive proper support to the back. The chair when thus set up may beemployed to enable the user to either seat or recline with comfort onthe lawn orbeach, the back resting against the canvas back section 13,,as will be readily understood.

When in use as either a lawn or sand chair, the legs 7 and 8 of theframes 1 and .1 will rest upon the ground or enter the same or the bedof sand so as to give the set up frame structure firm and stablesupport. It

will of course be obvious that in employing the chair at a beach, thelegs will' descend far enough to allow the seat section to be embeddedin the sand and to be completely covered thereby, so that the occupantof the chair may sit or recline directly upon the sand and against theback section 13.

It is desirable to provide a device of the character described whichembodies means for shielding the occupant from the sun, and which mayalso be folded in close compass for storage or transportation. In orderto provide a shielding means, a canopy strip is secured at one end tothe cross piece 2 and may form an extension from the canvas striporapron composing the back and seat sections 13 and 14. To support thiscanopy strip when disposed for use Iprovide a canopy bracket or frameconsisting of bars 16 hinged, as at 17 at their inner ends to the frontfaces-of the bars 1 and connected at their outer or free ends by a crosspiece 18. The said canopy frame is adapted to be swung upward andoutward at a suitable angle of inclination and to be connected withthe'free edge of the canopy strip 15, saidstrip being provided for thepurpose with fastening members preferably consisting of spring sockets19 adapted to engage spring studs 21 on the crosspiece 18, whereby thecanopy strip will be held extended from the back and seat sections of idepend at the front of the canopy frame and to give. an additionalshading effect.

The centralcspring socket 19 'of the series on the canopy strip isadapted for engagement with a spring stud 21 on the canvas back sectioni 13, so that said canopy strip may be secured and held from floppingabout under certain conditions, as hereinafter described.

The mode of use of the device will be readily understood. from theforegoing description, taken in conneetion'with the drawings, and itwill be seen by reference to Figs.

In this position of the canopy frame the canopy may be drawn back'andallowed to hang pendant in rear of the canvas back section 13 or may bebrought over upon said canvas back section and fastened to the stud 21'.In folding the device for storage or transportation, the free edge ofthe canopy strip is released from the canopy frame, and the latterswungdownward on the outside of the frame 1, while the seat" frame 9 isswung upward between and parallel with the frame bars 1, and the braceframe 4 swung inwardly .in parallel relation to the frame bars 1, theparts thus being.

folded compactly and substantially in the same plane, so that the deviceas a whole will not exceed in length, the length of the rcarried orstored When tion shown in Figs. 2 .and 3, the cross piece 18' of thecanopy bracket or frame, formed by said cross piece and bar 16, willextend transversely beneath the bars 9 and serve as an auxiliary supportto sustain the seat section of the chair and prevent undue clownwardtilting of the same with respect to the back section of the chair, theadvantage of which will be obvious.

Dowel pins 21 are provided upon the lower ends ofthe standards 1 toengage sockets or dowel seats 22 in the free ends of the bars 16, tohold the parts secured when the chair is folded and being carried.

I claim A chair of the character described comprising a pair of parallelstandards having pointed lower ends adapted-to be embedded in theground, cross bars extending between said standards respectively attheir upper ends and at a point above their pointed lower ends, a braceformed of a pair of connected bars pivoted to the upper cross bar so asto fold parallel with and on the outer sides of the standards, a pair ofarms pivotally connected with the lower cross bar so as to fold parallelwith and upon the inner sides of the standards and so as to be swungoutwardly to extend at a downward and forward angle from the said lowercross bar, a crossbar connecting the free ends of said arms, a strip offlexible material secured to the aforesaid cross bars and extendinglongitudinally of'the standards and arms, bars hinged at their upperends to the standards so as to fold downwardly upon said stand- ,ards,and a rod connecting the' free ends of said arms and adapted to extendtransversely beneath and form an auxiliary support. for the first-namedarms when the bars are so folded.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

y EGBERT D. ADAMS. lVit'nesses:

' 'A B. REYNOLDS,

H. H. DERR.

